2 h. ago Six million dead: Why Scotland needs to know about the forgotten conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo

Church of Scotland minister Martin Johnstone describes the conditions he witnessed at a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo and explains how people in Scotland can help

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20 h. ago St Ann's murder suspect named as he appears in court after man stabbed to death

Matthew Smith, 20, from Carlton, has been charged with murder over the death of Marley Gascoine in St Ann's, Nottingham, and he has now appeared in court today

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44 h. ago Michael Beaton murder: Greenock man murdered in 'grotesque' case of mistaken identity, court told

Michael Beaton was murdered in Greenock

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2 d. ago Two in court charged with murder after man’s body found in field

Fifty-year-old Robert Best had been reported missing from Greenock on Tuesday.

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3 d. ago Inverclyde crime: Man found dead in Scots field pictured as two appear in court amid murder inquiry

An investigation is ongoing.

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3 d. ago Police launch murder investigation after man’s body found in field

Police Scotland have named the man who was found dead in Inverclyde as Robert Best, 50.

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3 d. ago Missing dad found dead in field pictured as two men charged over death

The 50-year-old was found dead in a field in Kilmacolm according to reports

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3 d. ago First picture of missing man found dead in Kilmacolm field as two men charged

Robert Best, 50, was discovered after police were called to a report of a body being discovered in a field near High Mathernock Farm.

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3 d. ago 'Knife attacker' who allegedly stabbed boy, 14, to death on his way to play football later boasted 'We just done a murder' in a rap video, court hears

Ibrahima Seck was allegedly attacked after an 'altercation' near a pub in New Moston, Manchester, on June 8.

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4 d. ago Inverclyde crime: Body of missing man, 50, found in Kilmacolm field as three arrested after 'disturbance'

Enquiries are ongoing.

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4 d. ago Highland crash: Teenager, 18, dead and two hospitalised with serious injuries after car and van crash near Culbokie

The teenager was taken to hospital where he died a short time later.

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5 d. ago Girl, ten, appears in court charged with rape and attempted murder of 5

The victim's mother says she found her daughter 'unresponsive, bloody with her hair pulled from her scalp [and] her body covered in bruises' in Cleveland, Ohio.

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5 d. ago Girl, 10, appears in court charged with rape and attempted murder of 5

The victim's mother says she found her daughter 'unresponsive, bloody with her hair pulled from her scalp [and] her body covered in bruises'.

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5 d. ago Pictured: Woman, 34, stabbed to death in 'unprovoked attack' in Birmingham city centre

Katie Fox, 34, was rushed to hospital with a serious neck injury after being knifed at the Smallbrook Queensway shortly before 9pm on Friday.

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5 d. ago Man accused of stabbing woman in neck appears in court charged with murder

Djeison Rafael, 21, appeared at Birmingham Magistrates Court on Monday morning accused of murdering Katie Fox.

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6 d. ago Building evacuated by police after man's dead body found inside flat in Glasgow

The man’s body was found inside a flat in Glasgow

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7 d. ago Quentin Wilson dead: Tributes as former Top Gear and Fifth Gear presenter dies at 68

His family described him as a “true national treasure”

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7 d. ago Man found dead in Glasgow west end flat as residents evacuated by cops

A block of flats in the plush Jordanhill area of Glasgow were evacuated last night after a man was found dead.

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9 d. ago Body of man found near Scots cycle path as cops probe unexplained death

COPS have launched a probe into the ‘unexplained’ death of a man who was tragically found dead close to a cycle path in a Scottish village. Emergency crews raced to the path just off the A82 road in Ballachulish, Lochaber, this morning. Shortly after they arrived, the body of a 52-year-old man was found just...

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9 d. ago Dead basking shark found on Scottish beach had plastic in it's stomach

The young shark, measuring more than 4m long, was found on a beach near Buckie last week.

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